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Tax changes won't hurt Holden: Weatherill

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says he's confident federal government changes to tax concessions on company cars won't directly impact on the future of Holden in Australia.

The commonwealth will scrap the tax concession on personal use of salary-sacrificed or employer-provided cars from April 1, 2014 as part of changes to offset the budget impact of changes to the carbon tax.

The move will not affect people who use their own car for work-related reasons or existing concessions for some uses of taxis, panel vans and utes.

It will save about $1.8 billion but could impact on vehicle fleet sales.

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The federal government is in negotiations with Holden over the company's future as a manufacturer in Australia.

Mr Weatherill said he was not across all the details of the proposed changes but he was sure the commonwealth would not let any measure have the effect of jeopardising the future of Holden.

"I don't accept that the federal government is going to allow these measures to have any deleterious effect on Holden," the premier told reporters on Tuesday.